Development of the working-AUV “Otohime”

Author

Ishibashi, Shojiro ; Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Hyakudome, Tadahiro ; Sugesawa, Makoto ; Nakatani, Takeshi ; Ochi, Hiroshi ; Watanabe, Yoshitaka ; Sawa, Takao ; Nakano, Yoshiyuki ; Ota, Yutaka ; Utsugi, Hiromi ; Kumagai, Takeshi ; Sato, Susumu

Author_Institution

Marine Technol. & Eng. Center (MARITEC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has been developing two types of AUVs; a cruising-AUV “Jinbei” and a working-AUV “Otohime”, since October 2010. The main missions of them are to survey the environment near seafloor surface where Carbon dioxide capture and storage, to explore for seabed mineral resources and to make the detailed seafloor map using seafloor pictures. In Feb. and Mar. 2012, the first sea trial for each was be carried out. In this paper, the outline of the working-AUV “Otohime” and some key technologies are explained, and about the first sea trial is described.

Keywords

autonomous underwater vehicles; carbon capture and storage; manipulators; minerals; seafloor phenomena; JAMSTEC; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; Jinbei; Otohime; carbon dioxide capture and storage; cruising-AUV; seabed mineral resources; seafloor map; seafloor pictures; seafloor surface; working-AUV; Carbon dioxide; Manipulators; Optical fiber cables; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Underwater vehicles; AUV; carbon dioxide; manipulator; science exploration; underwater minerals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2012 - Yeosu

Conference_Location

Yeosu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2089-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-Yeosu.2012.6263498

Filename

6263498